Proverbs and old sayings, page 521

43575 proverbs and old sayings

It does not matter if your tavern sits in a remote location so long as the smell of your wine is appealing.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wine

Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things

Give one fish and he's fed for only a day. Teach one how to fish and he'll be free from hunger all his life.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fishing, hunger, life, day

He who has a lot of money and no children is not rich; he who has many children and no money is not a pauper.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about children, money, wealth

One cannot manage too many affairs; like pumpkins in water, one pops up while you try to hold down the other.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water, contentment

The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about olderness, age, woman, old

Never does a woman lie in a more cunning way than when she tells the truth to someone who doesn't believe her.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about faith, lie, truth, woman

If you must play, decide on three things at the start the rules of he game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about rules, games, things, time, contentment

A flower you plant may not necessarily bloom; but the seed of a tree you happen to drop may grow into a forest.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about garden, contentment

Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about spring, shadow, happiness, rain

As long as time is not pressing one does not burn incense; when it becomes urgent one kisses the feet of Buddha.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about kiss, time

Think about your own faults during the first half of the night, and the faults of others during the second half.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night

To listen well is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well and is as essential to all true conversation.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about essential, influence, conversation

The wound caused by a sword can eventually be healed; the hurt resulted from vicious remarks can never be undone.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

He who is not satisfied with himself will grow; he who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about pleasure, marriage, garden, wine

If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about rules, games, things, time, contentment

In the midst of great joy do not promise a man anything; in the midst of great anger do not answer a man's letter.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about promise, joy, anger, man

It is better to save your innocence at the cost of your honor, than to save your country at the cost of your life.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about innocence, country, life

A dog won't forsake his master because of poverty; a son never deserts his mother because of her homely appearance.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about poverty, mother